Ludwig Hessler

W tym miejscu od lata 1942 do 1943 r. istniał niemiecki obóz pracy przymusowej - Judenarbeitslager (tzw. Julag II) - do którego władze okupacyjne kierowały ludność żydowską. Pod koniec 1942 r. uwięziono tu również około 2 tys. Polaków. W szczytowym momencie za drutami obozu przebywało około 2500 Żydów. Więźniowie pracowali przy budowie linii kolejowej Kraków-Łobzów - Kraków-Płaszów. Nosili cywilne ubrania, które na polecenie Niemców były oznaczane farbą. Miało to w założeniu utrudnić ucieczki. Co najmniej kilkudziesięciu więźniów zostało zabitych oraz zmarłoz powodu represji, chorób, braku żywności oraz celowo stworzonych wyniszczających warunków obozowych. Najdłużej komendantem obozu Julag II był Oberstürmführer-SA [sic!] Ludwik Hessler (w 1948 r. za popełnione zbrodnie skazany w Krakowie na śmierć). Po likwidacji Julagu II Niemcy skoszarowali w tym miejscu oddziały przymusowej Służby Budowlanej, które funkcjonowały tu do roku 1944. From the summer of 1942 until 1943, this was the site of the Judenarbeitslager (Julag II), a German forced labor camp, where the occupation authorities sent the Jewish population. At the end of 1942, about 2,000 Poles were also imprisoned there. At its peak, some 2500 Jews were held behind the barbed wire fence of the camp. The prisoners worked on the construction of the Kraków Łobzów - Kraków-Płaszów railway lines. They wore civilian clothes marked with paint at the instruction of the Germans, which was meant to make escape difficult. At least several dozen prisoners were k:illed or died due to repression, disease, lack or food, and the deliberately devastating living conditions at the camp. The longest-serving commander of the Julag Il was Obersturmführer-SA Ludwig Hessler. In 1948, he was tried and sentenced to death in Kraków. After the shutdown of Julag II, the Germans used its barracks to house the involuntary workers or the Construction Service. They remained in operation until 1944.

English translation: From the summer of 1942 until 1943, this was the site of the Judenarbeitslager (Julag II), a German forced labor camp, where the occupation authorities sent the Jewish population. At the end of 1942, about 2,000 Poles were also imprisoned there. At its peak, some 2500 Jews were held behind the barbed wire fence of the camp. The prisoners worked on the construction of the Kraków Łobzów - Kraków-Płaszów railway lines. They wore civilian clothes marked with paint at the instruction of the Germans, which was meant to make escape difficult. At least several dozen prisoners were k:illed or died due to repression, disease, lack or food, and the deliberately devastating living conditions at the camp. The longest-serving commander of the Julag Il was Obersturmführer-SA Ludwig Hessler. In 1948, he was tried and sentenced to death in Kraków. After the shutdown of Julag II, the Germans used its barracks to house the involuntary workers or the Construction Service. They remained in operation until 1944.

Bieżanowska 147, Kraków, Poland where they worked